Neowin News Feed for: Agreement

AMD latest to partner with OpenAI in Instinct GPU deal with option to buy 10% of AMD

Usama Jawad — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:16:01 +0000

OpenAI has partnered with AMD to deploy thousands of GPUs over the next few years, with the option to buy 10% of AMD too. Read more...

Apple secures supply of 5G components as it signs new multibillion-dollar deal with Broadcom

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:46:01 +0000

Apple and Broadcom have expanded on their agreements by signing a new multibillion-dollar deal that will provide Apple with 5G components and wireless chips produced in the United States. Read more...

Rivian in talks with Amazon to end truck exclusivity

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:58:01 +0000

Rivian is looking to alter a 2019 agreement it made with Amazon so that it can sell its vans to other companies. It comes after Amazon decided to buy a lower number of Rivian vans than expected. Read more...

Class-action lawsuit alleges Apple and Amazon rigged the market to raise price of iPhone

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:06:01 +0000

Apple and Amazon have been accused of colluding to raise the price of the iPhone and iPad in the reselling market by unfairly reducing the competition. A lawsuit has been filed by a credible law firm. Read more...

Woman settles 'Windows' brand dispute with mighty Microsoft over a reading tool

Sayan Sen — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:40:01 +0000

A businesswoman based in the U.K. has settled a brand dispute with Microsoft over the "Windows" branding. The said woman, Kate Mckenzie, had built a reading tool dubbed "Word Windows". Read more...

If you upgrade to Windows 11 on an unsupported PC, you will have to sign a waiver first

Sayan Sen — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:36:01 +0000

Microsoft announced recently that it would allow people on unsupported PCs to install Windows 11. However, such users may first have to agree to a formal pact that their PCs may not receive updates. Read more...

Rocket Lab to launch more BlackSky satellites in new deal

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:30:02 +0000

Rocket Lab has signed a new deal with BlackSky which will see it launch nine satellites for the company across five launches. It comes after a BlackSky satellite was launched by the firm this week. Read more...

Huawei removes all Tencent games from its app store due to legal dispute

Usama Jawad — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:14:02 +0000

Due to a legal dispute, Huawei has reportedly removed all Tencent games such as PUBG, Arena of Valor, and Honor of Kings from its app store. It's currently unclear why this extreme step was taken. Read more...

Nokia will provide 5G hardware for China Unicom's network

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:36:01 +0000

Nokia says that it will provide 10% of China Unicom's 5G core network. It said that this deal further enhances its relationship with the telecom as it already provides 17% of its VoLTE network. Read more...

Vivaldi adds Startpage as search option under new agreement

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 May 2020 13:00:01 +0000

Vivaldi and Startpage have come to an agreement which will see Startpage become a default search option within the Vivaldi web browser. Earlier, Vivaldi said its users prefer private search engines. Read more...

Poland and U.S. sign agreement making it tougher for Huawei to be included in 5G networks

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:14:01 +0000

The U.S. and Poland have come to an agreement to tighten the screws on Huawei and its attempts to be integrated into the national 5G infrastructure. The U.S. says Huawei facilitates spying for China. Read more...

Qualcomm and LG Electronics join hands in a new global patent license agreement

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:32:01 +0000

The five-year patent license agreement covers the development of single-mode and multimode 3G, 4G, and 5G devices by LG despite unbridgeable differences between the two companies back in June. Read more...

W3C and WHATWG agree on single HTML and DOM specs

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 May 2019 14:52:01 +0000

The W3C and WHATWG organisations have agreed to start working towards a common HTML and DOM specification. The W3C described there being two standards as harmful to the wider community. Read more...

T-Mobile and Nokia sign $3.5 billion deal to deploy 5G in the U.S.

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:32:01 +0000

Nokia and T-Mobile have signed a new agreement worth $3.5 billion. Under the deal, Nokia will help build T-Mobile's 5G network across the U.S. providing end-to-end solutions for carrier. Read more...

Walmart collaborates with Microsoft on cloud tech to take on Amazon

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a five-year agreement with Walmart in order to accelerate digital innovation in retail by deploying the tech giant's cloud solutions to make shopping easier for customers. Read more...

AT&T reportedly backs out of deal to sell Huawei smartphones

John Keefer — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 23:18:01 +0000

Huawei has been trying to break into the U.S. market with one of the major wireless carriers, but it looks like an apparent AT&T deal has fallen through, leaving the company looking for other options. Read more...

Microsoft signs 15-year deal with GE on a new wind project in Ireland

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has signed a 15-year agreement with GE to purchase all of the wind energy from its new wind farm in Ireland. The deal will better enable clean power sources to be added to the Irish grid. Read more...

Microsoft's Brad Smith: Growing consensus on need for international treaty on state attacks

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 22:44:01 +0000

In response to a declaration by the G7, Microsoft's Chief Legal Officer pointed out the consensus among more and more nations for the creation of an international treaty on state-sponsored attacks. Read more...

YouTube and GEMA reach agreement over blocked videos in Germany

Paul Hill — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 05:36:01 +0000

YouTube and the German-based music rights organization - GEMA - have come to an agreement which means German users won't see blocked content messages on GEMA-members' YouTube videos. Read more...

Microsoft to acquire Revolution Analytics

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:28:02 +0000

After acquiring Moodle and Equivio in the past couple of days, Microsoft has also announced its plans to acquire Revolution Analytics to help customers find big data value with statistical analysis. Read more...

NBN Co to own Telstra's and Optus' copper and HFC networks

Jerry Grey — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:40:01 +0000

NBN Co has renegotiated its deal with Telstra and Optus allowing it to take ownership of the current copper and HFC networks during its roll out of the National Broadband Network in Australia. Read more...

Philips drops patent dispute with Nintendo after reaching cross-licensing deal

Steven Parker — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:42:01 +0000

In a dispute that goes back years with Nintendo allegedly infringing on technology patented by Philips for a "virtual body control device" the two companies have now reached an agreement. Read more...

Samsung files antitrust complaint in Android patent deal with Microsoft

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 09:04:01 +0000

Samsung has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, related to the Android patent deal between the two. Samsung claims honoring their contract would equate to collusion. Read more...

Apple and Universal Music on verge of deal over "iRadio" streaming service

Max Slater-Robins — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:04:04 +0000

Apple's "iRadio" service may be nearing a useable state as Apple is on the verge of agreeing deals with Universal Music, Sony Entertainment and Warner Music Group. "iRadio" may launch with iOS 7. Read more...

Nielsen and Twitter agree on ‘Nielsen Twitter TV Rating'

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:54:38 +0000

With the rapid rise of social media, Nielsen and Twitter have entered into a multi-year agreement that will see social activity complementing existing Nielsen ratings to help improve programming. Read more...

HTC shares up following Apple licensing agreement

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:51:27 +0000

HTC might just survive the assault that Apple and Samsung have launched in the mobile space, with shares up following the announcement of a 10 year license agreement with Apple. Read more...

Microsoft and RIM sign Licensing Agreement, not what you think

Brad Sams — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:25:01 +0000

Microsoft and RIM have announced a licensing agreement to allow RIM to use Microsoft's exFAT properties. The deal has been announced jointly by Microsoft and RIM; make the jump to learn more. Read more...

Microsoft and Sharp enter licensing agreement for Android devices

Brad Sams — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:47:03 +0000

You can add another vendor to Microsoft's Android agreement list as Sharp has now signed up with Microsoft to license its patents for their Android devices. Make the jump to learn more. Read more...

Half of all Android devices have entered into patent agreements with Microsoft

Brad Sams — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:43:27 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has inked yet another Android patent agreement. This time, they are signing a deal with Compal, an ODM manufacturer. Read more...

Nokia licenses patents to Apple, ending two-year dispute

Denis Wong — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:52:59 +0000

While Nokia is going through some of its toughest days in its painful transition to Windows Phone handsets, there is a small light at the end of the tunnel. The long-standing patent dispute between Apple... Read more...

Microsoft licenses ARM architecture

Michael Gillett — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:29:07 +0000

ARM announced today that they have signed a new licensing agreement with Microsoft. The deal extends an existing relationship between the two companies. Since 1997, Microsoft and ARM have worked together on software and devices across... Read more...

Surprises in the Windows 7 license agreement

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:00:37 +0000

Over the weekend, many Windows 7 lovers have been busy looking into the wild and Ed Bott, ZDNet blogger, was not an exception. Bott has found some interesting information in the Windows 7 license agreement(EULA).... Read more...

Deezer Signs European Agreement With Universal Music

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:42:30 +0000

Deezer announces the signing of an agreement with the Universal Music giant covering 35 countries. With this move, the first French music on demand website launches its international deployment in order to position itself as... Read more...

PNY Signs License Agreement with SanDisk

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:59:52 +0000

SanDisk Corporation and PNY Technologies today announced that PNY has signed a patent cross-license agreement with SanDisk to settle patent cases filed by SanDisk last year in Federal District Court and the International Trade Commission... Read more...

Hitachi, Canon and Matsushita reach LCD Business Agreement

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:41:34 +0000

Soon after news of Sharp and Toshiba’s LCD alliance, Hitachi, Canon and Panasonic (Matsushita) have agreed to similar LCD collaborations. The three companies plan to merge their strengths to accelerate the development of cutting-edge display... Read more...

WMG & XM Satellite Radio and Reach Multi-Year Agreement

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:30:37 +0000

Right after XM Satellite Radio’s first resolution with Universal Music Group, XM and Warner Music Group have resolved the lawsuit brought by WMG against the radio company over its Pioneer Inno, a portable satellite radio... Read more...

Dell And Tesco Announce European Retail Agreement

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:09:28 +0000

On November 17, a user suggested on Dell Ideastorm that the company should “Do A Deal With Tesco”. Just over a month later, it's happening. Beginning next month, Dell notebook and desktop computers will be... Read more...

UMG and XM Satellite Radio Reach Agreement

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:37 +0000

Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, and XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio company, have resolved the lawsuit brought by UMG against XM over its Pioneer Inno, a portable satellite receiver... Read more...

Microsoft and Novell Expand Collaboration Agreement

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:32:55 +0000

One year after signing a landmark agreement to build a bridge between open source and proprietary software, Novell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today unveiled continued strong momentum behind the agreement. Having exceeded their original business... Read more...

Microsoft and Apple Extend Font Licensing Agreement

Tom Warren — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:13:31 +0000

At TypeCon2007 today, Microsoft Corp. and Apple announced they have renewed their font licensing agreement, giving Apple users ongoing use of the latest versions of Microsoft® Windows® core fonts. Under the agreement, Apple and Microsoft... Read more...